SATURDAY OF EASTER WEEK: “John saw and believed”
We have heard it many times in the accounts. It has happened: The Lord has risen from the dead! He is truly risen! Alleluia! This cry resounds throughout the Christian faith and gives it hope—hope even in dark times, when it seems to be fading—for the Resurrection of Christ is the visible sign of victory over hell and death!
“O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?” (1 Cor 15:55)
May this cry never fall silent. May it lift up all despondent hearts and pierce through the darkness. The Lord is risen!
Today’s Gospel reading in the Old Rite (John 20:1–9) takes us back once more to the disciples on the early morning of Easter. They still have a journey to make to understand what happened on Easter morning. It is still unclear to them, and they are shaken and grieving over the death of their Lord. What will happen after His death? The Lord now lay in the tomb …
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